2010-02-09_REVISION - C1994082 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1994082
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/9/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: RN3
• Email Name: DTM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
COLORADO
D I V I S I O N OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY

February 9, 2010 Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ron Velarde Ronald W. Cattany
NW Regional Wildlife Manager Division Director
Colorado Division of Wildlife Natural Resource Trustee
NW Regional Service Center
711 Independent Ave.
Grand Junction, CO 81505
RE: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-1994082)
Permit Renewal Application No. 3 (RN 3)
Dear Mr. Velarde:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article
33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 8, 2010, an application to
renew an existing permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Yoast Mine was considered complete for
the purposes of filing. Seneca. Coal Company has submitted an application for successive renewal (RN-3)
for the mining and Reclamation permit for the Yoast Mine (Permit # C-1994-082). All review and comment
periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules initiate from this date of
filing.
Seneca Coal Company, LLC proposes to continue Surface coal mining and/or reclamation operations on
land located approximately 7 miles Southwest of Hayden, Colorado. The permit area is further described as
follows:
T6N, R87W, Portions of Sections 28, 29 and 32
T5N, R87W, All of Section 17; Portions of Sections 5, 8, 16, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Dunckley and
Mount Harris.
The above referenced permit renewal application would not incorporate additional lands into the permit
area or otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures
A copy of the renewal application and the currently approved permit application package is available for
public inspection at the Hayden Public Library, 201 E. Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, CO 81639-1813, and at
the Division office, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone]. Please
contact us if you have concerns relating to the adequacy of fish and wildlife resources information, the fish
and wildlife plan, and the reclamation plan as it relates to fish and wildlife considerations, including
potential impacts to threatened or endangered species, and woody plant stocking levels and planting
arrangements.
Office of
Mined Land Reclamation
Denver • Grand Junction • Durango
Office of
Active and Inactive Mines